going through old playlists is a weird feeling, I feel like I've grown past these songs

RAM price is going up because of "AI"? Or because of your standard capitalistic business cycle and new-technology cycle?

In 1985, the global DRAM market crashed after the computer bubble busted, it killed 8 out of 11 US DRAM makers, which was immediately politicized as part of the trade war to sanction Japan for dumping. In 1987 the market recovered and 1 Mb DRAM price soared from $10 to $40, which was then blamed on new Unix workstations, next-gen PCs, and the sanctions, before the price normalized in 1989.

In 2018 the DRAM shortage caused DDR4 DIMM price to soar to such an extent that a closed Internet cafe could sell all their PCs for a profit.

In 2022 Flash and DRAM price crashed to the lowest level, and right now there's another shortage and price hike after the shortage.

My conclusion: Nothing to see here, it's how capitalism works.